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Person—Australian state/territory identifier, ACT-prioritised code AA[A]

Data Element Attributes

Identifying and definitional attributes

Metadata item type:Help on this termData Element
Short name:Help on this termAustralian state/territory identifier (person) (ACT-prioritised)
METEOR identifier:Help on this term616597
Registration status:Help on this term

Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023

Definition:Help on this termAn identifier of the Australian state or territory in which the person is located, as represented by a code.
Data Element Concept:Help on this termPerson—Australian state/territory identifier
Value Domain:Help on this termACT-prioritised Australian state/territory code AA[A]

Value domain attributes

Representational attributes

Representation class:Help on this termCode
Data type:Help on this termString
Format:Help on this termAA[A]
Maximum character length:Help on this term3
  ValueMeaning
Permissible values:Help on this termACTAustralian Capital Territory
  NSWNew South Wales
  VICVictoria
  QLDQueensland
  SASouth Australia
  WAWestern Australia
  TASTasmania
  NTNorthern Territory
Supplementary values:Help on this termUNK
 
Unknown
 

Collection and usage attributes

Guide for use:Help on this term

Care should be taken when using this value domain as it presents the Australian states/territories in an order different to those most commonly used by agencies such as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

The state/territory order presented in this value domain is known to be used in the underlying information systems of the Medicare Benefits Scheme (MBS) and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), and possibly reflects the historical data management practices of some Canberra-based Commonwealth government agencies, whereby Canberra (and by extension, the ACT) was considered to represent something like 'Central office' or 'Head office'.

Agencies such as the ABS and AIHW publish data in state/territory order based on population.

The ABS-preferred order (NSW, Vic., Qld, SA, WA, Tas., NT and ACT) reflects historic relative state/territory populations and has been retained by the ABS to preserve continuity of presentation and minimise the risk of error in the handling or interpreting of data.

The AIHW-preferred order reflects more recent trends in the relative populations of the states/territories, i.e. as above, but with WA before SA and ACT before NT.

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Department of Health
Reference documents:Help on this term

Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS): Volume 1 - Main Structure and Greater Capital City Statistical Areas, July 2011. ABS cat. no. 1270.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS.

Data element attributes Help on this term

Source and reference attributes

Submitting organisation:Help on this term
Department of Health

Relational attributes

Implementation in Data Set Specifications:Help on this term
All attributes +
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) state/territory data extract 2013-14

        Commonwealth Department of Health, Retired 19/10/2023

DSS specific attributes +
Implementation start date: 01/07/2013
Implementation end date: 30/06/2014
DSS specific information:

Variable name = PTNT_STATE

In the context of PBS data, this data element describes the place of usual residence of the patient or PBS consumer, and not the location of an establishment, e.g. the practice or postal address of the prescriber or the physical or postal address of the dispensing pharmacy.

This data item is referred to within the PBS system as 'Patient state', and is derived from 'Patient postcode', i.e. it is derived from the Medicare record of the patient and is based on the most recent patient address reported to the Department of Human Services (DHS).


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